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B-3 V

The art
of sound design

The famous organ that our B-3 V model is based on had a beautiful simplicity and elegance to its design and sound. With the help of some highly experienced sound designers, we not only bring you the true sound of the original, but also reimagine its possibilities, thanks to the brand new features found in our recreation.

First Four Out w/Percussion

The preset works like a guitar power chord which is fundamental plus the fifth above, no major third. The 5 + 1⁄2’ drawbar is pulled out all the way, which gives you the “fifth” above the root fundamental which is formed by the 16’ drawbar. The 8’ and 4’ drawbars add even harmonics above that and like magic, you have your power chord sound. I then added the percussion, set to the 3rd, soft tab on, To give the extra punch and bite the sound needs. Thankfully, B-3 V2 allows you to customize your percussion volume settings, just like on a real Hammond organ. I personally like my 'soft' percussion volume about a one fourth quieter than my 'normal' percussion volume – I don’t like the 'soft' percussion too quiet or it doesn’t cut through, and mostly I use the soft percussion setting because normal percussion volume needs to be reserved for times when I need the percussion to be insanely loud – like for Emerson Lake and Palmer music or songs like 'Green Eyed Lady' and 'Time of the Season' by the Zombies. I was able to do all of these adjustments on B-3 V2 without issues.

Professional sound designer for Yamaha, Arturia, Korg, Roland, Sequential, Native Instruments, and many others for many years, going back to his first sound designer gig for Yamaha in 1991. I’ve been playing keyboards since I was eight years old, and learned synth programming on my very first synth which was a Minimoog I bought back in 1977. I’ve owned or played just about every hardware synthesizer or electric keyboard ever made, including Hammond organs, Rhodes and Wurlitzer electric pianos, Yamahas, Oberheim®s, Prophets, Rolands, Korgs. You name it, it’s been at my house at one time or another. My other occupation has been keyboard technician/programmer for major artists, starting with Michael Jackson’s “This Is It” show in 2009 – Arturia generously provided an Origin and their latest software synths for that show’s rehearsals. And we used them! After Michael Jackson, I worked as keyboard tech/synth programmer for David Foster, Bonnie Raitt, the Cure, Sergio Mendes, Fleetwood Mac, and other artists. I am currently still with David Foster. Aside from that, I still find time to write and produce a lot of original music, mostly in the country-rock vein these days. I am currently the co- writer/producer/keyboardist/musical director for Shannon Rae, an up and coming country-rock singer from southern California.

Psychedelic Sally

It's a pretty simple preset, upper manual uses a single drawbar (4') together with second percussion (normal volume, slow decay), which is an old trick to enhance the percussion sound. Using the envelope on the upper manual I made a slow decay and this, together with the strong percussion sound, made the preset pretty psychedelic, something perfect for '60 style lounge music.

Paolo Apollo Negri is a performer and recording artist, organ player for Italian acid jazz act Link Quartet, and a busy session player. A true vintage keyboard expert, he has played on over 300 albums, including 4 solo releases under his own name. One of the most experienced organ and classic keys players around, Negri has performed all over the world.